Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the order is random.
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Juhasov Slovak
Hungarian (Juhász): occupational name for a shepherd from juh 'sheep' + the occupational suffix -ász.
Trausch German, Slavic, Low German, Luxembourgish
A nickname either derived from Trauschke, a nickname from Old Slavic drugu "companion", or from Middle Low German druus "sullen", "dour".
Santi Italian
Derived from the given name Santi, or as a patronymic form of Santo. It can also be derived as a nickname from santo "holy" or "saint", ultimately from Latin sanctus.
Kersten Low German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Kersten, a Dutch and low German form of Christian.
Uslu Turkish
Means "well-behaved, obedient" in Turkish.
Mbini Xhosa
Xhosa form of Mbili.
Viravong Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ວິລະວົງ (see Vilavong).
Schroot Dutch
Possibly an altered form of des Groot via Sgroot, meaning "son of the Groot", itself a byname meaning "great, large". Alternatively, it could be related to schroot "scrap (metal)" or the older scrode "to cut", an occupational name for someone who worked with metal, or perhaps a tailor.
Danielides Greek
Non-modern variant transcription of Daniilidis.
Kurai Japanese
Kura means "warehouse, storehouse" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Agtutubo Filipino, Ilocano
Means "to grow robustly" or "youth" in Ilocano.
Lyakhov Russian
Derived from Russian лях (lyakh) meaning "Pole".
Dilustro Literature
Madame diLustro is described as a fine cook and an excellent detective. She often hosts dinner parties and flies into a rage if one of her guests arrives even five minutes late. Snicket has to dash off to one of her dinner parties while in the middle of writing The Reptile Room.
Mac Uighilín Irish, Scottish
Means "son of Hugelin". the surname was allegedly adopted by the de Mandevilles, a Cambro-Norman family that had conquered an area of north Antrim, a county in Northern Ireland... [more]
Stradling English (British)
Researchers found the origin of this surname Stradling by referring to such documents as the Viking Sagas, the Orkneyinga Sagas, the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, the Inquisitio and the translations of local manuscripts, parish records, baptismal & tax records, found in the north of Dingwall, and in the Orkneys and Shetlands.... [more]
Iritani Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and tani means "valley".
Jutsum Old Danish
Of Jutish extraction. From Jutland.
Damen Dutch
Patronymic form of Daam.
Tulum Yucatec Maya
Means "wall" in Mayan language.
Backhurst English (British)
Meaning bake house or wood cutter
Dimon Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Derived from the place name Dimona, a city in the south of Israel.
Poot Estonian
Poot is an Estonian surname meaning "boat", derived from the German "boot" ("boat").
Seok Korean
Korean form of Shi, from Sino-Korean 石 (seok).
Gwin Welsh
Derived from the forename Gwyn.
Bhuiya Bengali
Bangladeshi: from Bengali bhuyyan ‘landlord’, ‘chieftain’. Bearers of this surname claim descent from one of the twelve chieftains (nine Muslims and three Hindus), who ruled the Sultanate of Bengal (1336–1576)... [more]
Yusufov Tajik, Uzbek, Dagestani
Means "son of Yusuf".
Dalebout Dutch
From the Germanic given name Dalbaldus.
Kleindienst German
Originally an occupational name for a farmhand or laborer, who was second in line to a more highly paid class of servant. Derived from German klein meaning "small, little" and dienst meaning "service, duty".
Kirschner German (Silesian)
From the German word "kirchenære." The other occupation is that of a furrier and, in this case, the name is derived from the word "kuerschner."
Naidangiin Mongolian
Patronymic form of Naidan using the suffix -гийн (-giin).
Jayawickrame Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවික්‍රම (see Jayawickrama).
Maurel Occitan
Occitan cognate of Morel.
Wijeratne Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Ochiya Japanese
A variant of Ochitani.
Ivanyo Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
From the given name Ivan.
Allred English
From the Middle English personal name Alured, a form of Alfred, which was sometimes written Alvred, especially in Old French texts.
Kuschmann German, Jewish
Probably derived from a Germanized form of the Ancient Greek given name Kosmas.
Grabiński Polish
Habitational name for someone from a settlement named Grabienice, Grabin, Grabina, Grabiny, etc.; ultimately from grab meaning "hornbeam" or, in the case of Grabienice, possibly from gręba meaning "hill".
Fabrizio Italian
From the given name Fabrizio
Ōhara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
França Portuguese
Means "France" in Portuguese.
Reaser German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Rieser. A famous bearer is American actress Elizabeth Reaser (1975-).
Tomonaga Japanese
From Japanese 友 (tomo) meaning "friend" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".
Reddick Scottish, Northern Irish
Habitational name from Rerrick or Rerwick in Kirkcudbrightshire, named with an unknown first element and wīc "outlying settlement". It is also possible that the first element was originally Old Norse rauðr "red".
Friesen German, Dutch
Patronymic form of Friso (see Fries).
Mahomes American
With Gaelic origins, Mahomes is a surname that is derived from the word “mathghamhan”, which means “bear”. A famous individual with the name is NFL Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.
Pingitore Italian, Sicilian
occupational name from pittore "painter".
Robineau French
derived from the Old French word robine, which was the word that was used for the communication channel of a salted fountain or barrel pond... [more]
Záček Czech
Žáček means "small school boy" in Czech. A famous bearer is Chicagoan writer Dennis Začek.
Deplano Italian
From Latin de plano, "of the plain, from the flat land".
Couter English
The couter (also spelled "cowter") is the defense for the elbow in a piece of plate armour. Initially just a curved piece of metal, as plate armor progressed the couter became an articulated joint.... [more]
Turrillo Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the Comarca of Calatayú.
Mebarki Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mebarek.
Ísaksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ísak" in Icelandic.
Lischke German
A German surname of slavic origin. A historic bearer was Johann Lischke, a German Protestant reformer in the 16th century. The name may come from the German word “Lisch,” which can refer to a marshy or wetland area.
Chell French
Probably a respelling of the French habitational name Challe, from any of the various places so named from Late Latin cala ‘rock shelter’.
Marević Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Maro".
Nater German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle High German nâtaere "tailor; furrier".
MacConall Scottish (Anglicized, Rare), Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Scottish and Irish Gaelic Mac Conaill 'son of Conall', the personalized name composing of the elements con, which is an inflected form of cú 'wolf' + gal 'valor'. Giving the ultimate meaning due to variegated spellings of this specified name, is "Battle-Wolf of High Valor."
Al-masri Arabic
Means "the Egyptian" from Arabic مصر (Misr) referring to Egypt.
Dingfelder Medieval German (Rare, Archaic)
When surnames were finally adopted, family heads who originated from Thungfeld in the Steigerwald area of Mittelfranken, took the name of their traditional home area.
Järv Estonian
Means "lake" in Estonian (compare Finnish Järvi).
Laasalu Estonian
Laasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland grove".
Bulahan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "lucky, fortunate, blessed" in Cebuano.
Harold Irish
Of direct Norse origin, but is also occasionally a variant of Harrell and Hurrell.
Saxonov Russian (?)
Variant transcription of Saksonov.
Inga Italian, Spanish
Possibly from Sicilian inga "ink", an occupational name for a scribe. Alternatively, it could derive from the Germanic given name Inge.
Glad Swedish
Swedish soldier name meaning "happy". ... [more]
Ugas Catalan
Probably from the word uvas meaning "grapes".
Smiley Scots, English
From elements small and lea meaning "a small clearing" or as a nickname may refer to a person of happy disposition known for smiling.
Ugumori Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鵜久森 (Ugumori) meaning "Ugumori", a division in the area of Miyakubo in the city of Imabari in the prefecture of Ehime in Japan.... [more]
Carreira Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Carrera.
Ranger English, German, French
English: occupational name for a gamekeeper or warden, from Middle English ranger, an agent derivative of range(n) ‘to arrange or dispose’.... [more]
Schacht German, Flemish
From Middle Low German and Middle Dutch schacht "shaft; pole, tunnel", a metonymic occupational name for someone who made shafts for tools or weapons, or who worked in a mineshaft.
Yoichi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 与市 with 与 (yo, ata.eru, azuka.ru, kumi.suru, tomoni) meaning "bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" and 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town."... [more]
Kalinić Croatian, Serbian
Meaning unknown.... [more]
Kleinschmidt German
Occupational surname which means "small smith", that is, a maker of small forged items and metal hand tools.
Ó hAnluain Irish
Means "descendant of Anluan"
Kurien Indian (Christian)
From the given name Kurien.
Bieliński Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places named Bielin, Bielina, Bielino or Bieliny, all derived from Polish biel meaning "white".
Samarasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරසේකර (see Samarasekara).
Saif Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Saif.
Heller German
Nickname from the small medieval coin known as the häller or heller, named for the city it was first minted (in 1208) at, Hall am Kocher (currently called Schwäbisch Hall).
Kallmeyer German
from a Germanized form of Slavic kal "marshland bog" or from Middle High German Middle Low German kalc "lime" and Middle High German meier "tenant farmer" (see Meyer 1) hence a distinguishing nickname for a farmer whose farm lay on marshy land or near a lime pit.
Coimbra Portuguese
Habitational name for someone from the city of Coimbra in Portugal.
Annast Estonian
Annast is an Estonians urname possibly derived from "anna" meaning "give".
Akulich Ukrainian
From Ukrainian акула (akula), meaning "shark".
Lescher German
German metonymic occupational name for a mediator or arbitrator, or possibly for a fireman, from Middle High German leschære ‘extinguisher’.
Babraitis Lithuanian
From babras, a variant of bebras meaning "beaver".
Elsener German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Elisabeth.
Prado Italian
Variant of Prato 1.
Maqueda Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous localities: the Manchego municipality or the neighborhood of the Andalusian municipality of Málaga.
Hercogs Latvian (Rare)
From Latvian meaning "duke".
Rengel Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Rengel in Málaga province.
Abshire English (American), German (Americanized)
Probably an altered form of Upsher. In some cases, it could instead be an Americanized form of German Ibscher, a nickname for someone living on unallotted land derived from Middle High German überscher "surplus"... [more]
Hanesato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 羽里 (see Hari).
Buenafe Spanish (Philippines)
Means "good faith" in Spanish, from buena meaning "good" and fe meaning "faith".
Lars Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), German
Patronymic from the given name Lars.
Wickramasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසිංහ (see Wickramasinghe).
Gatling English, German (Anglicized)
English variant of Gatlin. Possibly a respelling of German Gättling (see also Gatlin).
Sueoka Japanese
From the Japanese 末 (sue) "end" and 岡 (oka) "hill."
Auguste French
From the first name Auguste 1.
Ó Cionnfhaolaidh Irish
Means "descendant of Cionnfhaoladh".
Hoelzer German
German cognate of Holt
Kellogg Irish
Anglicised form of Ó Ceallaigh
Abrey English
Variant of Aubrey.
Marasigan Filipino, Tagalog
Meaning uncertain.
Aali Arabic
From the given name Aali.
Darvin English
Variant of Darwin.
Ouellette French (Quebec)
Canadian spelling of French (Norman and Champenois) Ouilet, from a Frenchified form of Willet, a pet form of William.
Schoene German
German (Schöne): variant of Schoen 1.
Miao Chinese
From Chinese 苗 (miáo) meaning "seedling, shoot, sprout", also referring to the ancient fief of Miao, which existed in the state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.
Polansky Czech, Slovak, Russian, Polish, Jewish
Unknown, but having multiple origins, possibly of Baltic, Scandinavian or Slavic descent.
Nikbakht Persian
From Persian نیک (nik) meaning "good" and بخت (bakht) meaning "fortune, happiness".
Forĝisto Esperanto
Forĝisto Comes from the Esperanto word for blacksmith
Senda Japanese
From Japanese 千 (sen) meaning "thousand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Arcangel Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish arcángel meaning "archangel."
Schutte Dutch, Low German, South African
Variant of (Schütte), an occupational name for an archer.
Luiz Portuguese
From the given name Luis.
Semeyko Ukrainian
From the given name Semen.
Nakakuni Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 國 or 国 (kuni) meaning "country, land".
Kuub Estonian
Kuub is an Estonian surname meaning "coat" and "jacket".
Kämmerer German
from Middle High German kamerære "chamberlain" (from kamere "chamber") a status name for the treasurer of a court monastery a great household or a city and in Switzerland for the manager of a church property a so-called Widem... [more]
German Russian
Russian form of Hörmann or Herman.
Maturin French
From the French male personal name Maturin, from Latin Mātūrīnus, a derivative of Mātūrus, literally "timely". It was borne by the Irish "Gothic" novelist Charles Maturin (1782-1824).
Gogol Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Hohol.
Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), a variant reading of 大仏 (Daibutsu), a clipping of 大仏ケ谷 (Daibutsugayatsu), a former name for the area of Hase in the city of Kamakura in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.
Blakewood Medieval English
Derived from the Old English words blaec, which means black, and wudu, which means wood, and indicates that the original bearer lived near a dark, wooded area.
Subelza Medieval Basque (Latinized, Archaic)
It means bushes weed or shrub tree. Subelza is also Oak or Carrasca tree.
Golovkins Latvian
Latvian form of Golovkin.
Lander German, Jewish
Topographic or status name from Middle High German lant "land, territory".
Teetes German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Dietz
Vremec Slovene
Derived from Vreme, a valley in western Slovenia.
Gharib Arabic
From the given name Gharib.
Marker German
Status name for someone who lived on an area of land that was marked off from the village land or woodland, Middle High German merkære.
Trump English
Metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe "trumpet".
Rogier French
From the Old French given name Rogier a variant of Roger. Variant of Roger
Shinpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).
Brignac French Creole
Came from numerous French territories such as Corrèze and Hérault.
Daus German
From Middle Low German dūs denoting the "two on a die or , the ace in cards" hence a nickname for a passionate card or dice player.
Puntar Slovene, Croatian
Derived from a 19th century phrase that denoted someone who supported the unification of the Kingdoms of Croatia and Dalmatia within Austria-Hungary.
Kurosaki Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Listrat French
From Occitan "listrat" meaning "chopped off, striped" or from "Listrac", a commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwest France.
Abduhalim Tausug
From the given name Abduhalim.
Resen German
Unknown source.
Kuurmaa Estonian
Kuurmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "shed/hovel land".
Calzada Spanish (Latin American)
Means "road" in Spanish.
Ehlers German
Variant of Ehlers.
Youcefi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian cognate of Yousfi.
Siht Estonian
Siht is an Estonian surname meaning "goal", "aim" and "objective".
Raat Dutch
From Middle Dutch raet "advice, counsel". Could be an occupational name for a member of a council, or a short form of names containing rēdaz, such as Radulf... [more]
Malka Hebrew
Means "queen" in Hebrew.
Gal Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Gal 1, means "wave" in Hebrew.
Kabilasing Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Soliman Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Soliman.
Tanguma Indigenous American (?), Mexican
Mexican surname of uncertain origin, probably Native American.
Khodayari Persian
From the given name Khodayar.
Scattergood English
From a nickname for a spendthrift or a philanthropist. A famous bearer of the name is English singer Polly Scattergood (1986-).
Osvaldo Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Osvaldo.
Buckler English
Occupational name for a maker of buckles, derived from Old French bouclier. Could also be a name for someone who used a buckle, a kind of small shield.
Caronongan Tagalog
From Tagalog karunungan meaning "wisdom, knowledge".
De Prà Italian
from Prà, a suburb of Genoa.
Karunarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාරත්න (see Karunaratne).
Middag Dutch
Means "midday, noon" in Dutch. Compare German Mittag.
Balasubramanian Tamil
A Hindu name from Sanskrit bālasubrahmạnya ‘child Subrahmanya’ (from bāla ‘child’ + subrahmạnya ‘dear to Brahmans’, an epithet of the god Kartikeya, son of the god Shiva) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n... [more]
Tarkus Estonian
Tarkus is an Estonian surname meaning "cleverness".
Bras French, Dutch
From Old French and Middle Dutch bras "arm". This was probably a descriptive nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the arm, but the word was also used as a measure of length, and may also have denoted a surveyor.
Lipp Estonian
Means "flag" in Estonian.
Da Rosa Portuguese
Literally means "of the rose" in Portuguese. It is generally a component of personal names; among women, it is a Marian name; among men, it is of uncertain application.
Simonetti Italian
Means "son of Simonetto", a diminutive of Simone 2.... [more]
Ide Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".
Saetae Thai
Form of Zheng used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).
Nerio Italian
From the given name Nerio.
Awan Punjabi, Urdu
From the name of a Punjabi tribe which is most likely derived from Arabic عون ('awn) meaning "help, aid" or "helper".
Yabusaki Japanese
From the Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 武 (bu) which was a traditional unit of measurement approximately equal to 90 centimeters, and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Diestro Spanish, Filipino
Means "right-handed" in Spanish.
Shieh Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Xie or Shi chiefly used in Taiwan.
Corso Italian, English (American), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Either derived from the given name Bonaccorso or taken from Italian and Spanish corso, denoting someone who lived in Corsica.